What Is Biblical Counseling?
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “biblical counseling”? It’s a phrase that’s been used for over half a century now. In that time, it has come to mean different things to different people.
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Author: Scott Mehl
Good Sex Starts with the Heart
One way to summarize God’s design for sex is to say that He created sex to be God-centered and other-focused. Ultimately, God created sex to teach us about Himself (see: Eph 5:31-32). In that way, sex is God-centered. But in order to learn and experience what God intends to reveal through sex, our engagement in it must not be self-focused but other-focused—that is, focused on the pleasure, joy, and fulfillment of our spouse. The problem is, this kind of selfless motivation doesn’t come naturally to us. We all come to sex captivated by our own desires and seeking our own pleasure. There may be a myriad of factors that contribute to our sexual struggles, but the fundamentally selfish nature of our desires is undeniably one of them. None of us comes to sex with selfless motives. Continue Reading →
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The Gospel Brings Healing
I find that many Christians get uncomfortable when talking about God and healing. To discuss God brining physical healing raises controversial questions about spiritual gifts. To discuss emotional healing seems […]
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Two Truths and a Lie about Helping Anxious Hearts
Your roommate doesn’t come home when they said they were going to come home, and you worry. You hear rumors about a merger at your company and wonder what it […]
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Love is a Choice and an Action and an Affection
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